Rob Font hopes to emerge as top contender with finish of Song Yadong

Rob Font is seeking to proceed driving his momentum at UFC 292.

Font (20-6 MMA, 10-5 UFC) snapped a two-fight skid with a first-round Efficiency of the Night time TKO of rising star Adrian Yanez in April at UFC 287.

Font attracts Tune Yadong (20-7-1 MMA, 9-2-1 UFC) on Aug. 19 at TD Backyard in Boston. Font, a Massachusetts native, would have preferred to struggle a higher-ranked opponent and is aware of he’ll seemingly have to complete Yadong if he needs to climb up the bantamweight ladder.

“Clearly a win is big, however I’ve acquired to get again to that end to form of have individuals eager to see me greater than anyone else,” Font instructed MMA Junkie Radio. “I feel if I can go on the market and get a powerful knockout, a powerful end and even simply a powerful struggle, I feel – I’ll be in step with two finishes – I’ll be in that dialog. It simply sucks that I’m combating backwards. This will get me shut, however it’s not the one.”

Font was the betting underdog heading into his struggle with Yanez, who was but to lose within the octagon. The 36-year-old was completely happy to silence the doubters along with his fast end.

“They had been constructing him up, and everybody was speaking about him,” Font mentioned. “He even was speaking about combating Sean O’Malley on the press convention or the media day as an alternative of simply clearly speaking about our struggle. It did really feel just a little disrespectful, however it comes with the territory.

“You lose two in a row, you sit out for a 12 months, individuals neglect. Then I simply needed to go on the market and remind them. It felt like me and my workforce had a secret nobody knew about. I used to be the betting underdog, and everyone was doubting me, and I simply needed to go on the market and never simply win however make a press release.”

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